Spice up your Saturday!

I'm busy getting ready, but I thought I'd take a moment to invite y'all down to the Summertime Hop tomorrow! Like any Made in the Shade event, it's sure to be a blast.



Featuring: WildKittens + WildCat Designs, tea, cake, craft, design, vintage goodness, a fun photobooth, goodie bags for early birds, Flora the Tombola, music from The Meat Men and much, much, more!

Petite Purls

All images: Petite Purls
I recently discovered this treasure trove of knitting, crochet and sewing projects, nicely packaged as an online magazine at www.petitepurls.com.


It's great to see such a nice collection of patterns (the majority of them by indie designers) aimed at children, including toys, clothes and accessories. In addition to this, they have a sprinkling of articles which would make great tea break reading. The best part of all? It's free to use, you simply print off a copy of the pattern you wish to make.


Petite Purls is published seasonally in March, June, August and November.